Today, I found out that I have been unfriended by a close friend and the sting is lingering, making it hard to sleep. When I write the justification, I feel even more childish. I was unfriended because I forgot to invite them to my birthday party. Yes, even though I'm almost 30, birthday party invites can make or break a friendship.
I'm quite sad about this. I feel it's extremely sheepish. Scratch that, let me be MORE honest. I feel annoyed. A 10 year friendship and in none of those years they notice I'm NOT the type of person to be intentionally forgetful? Validation of losing a 10 year friendship all through my inaction of clicking a box... Do you know how many tiny stupid boxes with tiny pictures you have to look through on those FB invites? For me it WAS 461. I'm still in shock that I lost my close friend to a misunderstanding that I apologized for. Honestly, it baffles me... for him to dwell on this... over something I find so trivial.
Anyhow, this brings up a new mantra that I've come to. I once had a life with quite a bit of ridiculous drama, situations similar to the above. After sharing stories enough times I realized I was rarely the instigator... I was, however, at fault for surrounding myself with dramatic people. Once that epiphany struck me, I let go of them and the drama has exponentially decreased. Campaigns would be impressed by these immediate results!
So to the plus side: As he predictably fit the former category(it was only a manner of time), I'm relieved that I'm losing out on possible future stress between us down the road.
P.S. That birthday was quite fun, I'm happy I got the invite :)
